08.00 a.m. departure from Palermo. After about a one hour trip you will reach the arche-site of Selinunte, the ancient “Selinus”.
You will have about 2 hours for a free visit of the site founded on 7th century B.C. in a plan overlooking the Mediterranean sea: Temple G, F,E,D,C,A,B,O and the acropolis.
On the acropolis were four large Doric temples, two of the sixth century, two of the fifth, and a small shrine. None of these has been securely attributed to specific deities, but are identified by letters (Temples A, C, D, and O; Shrine B). Defensive walls girded the acropolis, most of whose standing remains can be dated to the late sixth or early fifth centuries B.C. To the north of the city lay a small Archaic temple and altar.
On the plateau to the east of the city, across the Calici river, were three more sixth-century Doric temples, Temples E, F, and G (also known as R, S and T respectively). The material remains are impressive, particularly the stone metopes and terracotta gorgoneia from Temple C (now in the Palermo Museum) and the massive, unfinished Temple G, attributed to Apollo and one of the largest Greek temples ever attempted.
Return to your hotel around 13.30 p.m.

Half day excursion